to think Little Mix should be hanged, drawn and quartered?

[MBT1987]

They've covered Word Up by Cameo.

For Sport Relief.

Just as I was starting to like the morning radio again.

I have a 50-minute drive from DP's house to work when I stay there, and as it's a rural town, the drive involves dodging walking buses (full of kids that can't actually walk properly), snooty middle-aged retirees calling themselves "country folk" (think Deliverance, but with less banjos and more inbreeding) who just waltz in to my path, and the occasional (read: constant barrage of) incompetent who doesn't know their mini-roundabout from their elbow. My last bastion of sanity has been utterly violated by this generic pop twaddlification of a fairly inoffensive 90s song.

WIBU to descend upon this normally rather good girl group, wielding a samurai sword Kill-Bill style, to make them atone for their crimes against music? And do you think Dappy's horse would accompany me in to battle?

[bbcessex]

LaGuardia - I'll bite..

naff off with your 'the chunky one'... I for one love the normality of Little Mix, and I bet 'the chunky one' is probably a good size 10 in real life. If she's chunky, no *uckin hope for the rest of us....

[PandaFeet]

Do you think LaGuradia should have put (lighthearted) in little brackets to prepare you for the potential offence?

Commenting on a womans weight and/or figure in a negative way can never be lighthearted.

[bbcessex]

I also think YABVU..

Little Mix are one of the few girl groups appealing to my DD that (to me), appear to be able to

a: hold a tune
b: wear clothes
c: eat a meal once in a while..

As tweenie role models go, that's my boxes ticked...

(do love (the memories!) of a red cod piece though!)

[captainmummy]

I always see One Direction as New Direction (say it fast )

[Ubik1]

Do you think LaGuradia should have put (lighthearted) in little brackets to prepare you for the potential offence?

[KatnipEvergreen]

I listen to Radio 4 but also like a fair bit of modern pop, rock and indie music.

[PandaFeet]

I get that this is a light hearted post but I think LaGuradia's dig about the weight of Jesse is uncalled for.

I agree.

[Stopmithering]

My tip - Radio 4

[KatnipEvergreen]

Word Up is about as classic as One Direction's Best Song Ever.

[AngelaDaviesHair]

I know nothing about Little Mix, I came onto your thread to say a heartfelt 'Thank You' for posting 'hanged' and not 'hung'.

But Word Up is a classic not to be covered by generic cobbled together pop groups.

[KatnipEvergreen]

YABVU. I like Little Mix, and the cover is ok, though I don't think Word Up is all that as a song anyway, it's just a boring pop song sung by a rather aggressive daft twat in a codpiece.

Move is a much better song.

[EauRouge]

Gun's version of Word Up is the only acceptable cover.

[NinjaCow]

I like them kind of.

[DelGirl]

I hated their version of CAN IN BALL, gave me the rage it did!

[GummiBear74]

noarmani, I read your post as The Muppets have covered Waterfalls!

Thought that sounded quite good

[Norfolknway]

Did Scary Mel B not cover that too?

She's shit, too

[MollyHooper]

I was just thinking that NeoFaust. :)

YANBU OP.

[PiperRose]

Where do we start the campaign for 'twaddlification' to be entered into the dictionary?

[ddubsgirl]

[tinkertitonk]

Wow, Deliverance. John Boorman could make a movie.

Though from my recollection of the love scene there wasn't much breeding, in- or otherwise.

[NeonMuffin]

Sorry, I love Little Mix. The only decent "pop" act around today, much better than bland as hell One Direction.

[NoArmaniNoPunani]

Some muppets have slaughtered TLCs waterfalls recently too. That shit should be illegal

[MBT1987]

Eighthed, then. ;-)

And I absolutely don't want to be back in "that era" (which is obviously earlier than I remember it to be - sorry, ddubsgirl) - I just don't want this. I understand that X Factor acts are at the bottom of a very shallow barrel, but if it's scraped much more, it'll disintegrate.

Perhaps more pertinently, what's Word Up got to do with sport? Given Davina's race and the efforts of Nick Grimshaw and Jo Whiley to come, The Proclaimers should have been a shoo-in. At the very least, Bicycle Race by Queen should have been on the shortlist.

[CrispyCrochet]

I get that this is a light hearted post but I think LaGuradia's dig about the weight of Jesse is uncalled for.

[NinjaBunny]

Anyone remember when All Saints/someone similar butchered Under The Bridge.

That was a rough time.

:(